{"id":2669,"date":"2020-09-25T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T03:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/?p=2669"},"modified":"2021-01-28T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T03:54:57","slug":"national-cocktail-competition-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/national-cocktail-competition-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"National Cocktail Competition 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am so blessed to have so many good people\naround me. If it wasn’t for this competition, I wouldn’t have gotten to know\nthem and made such a close bond with them during the preparation of the\ncompetition. Above all, I would like to thank our lecturer, Mr Clarence Lua who\nalways contacted me after the practice. He always encouraged me, comforted me\nby letting me know that it was okay to make a mistake and praised me for doing\nbetter than anyone else if I did well. I was able to do well because the people\naround me were good people. Also, I am very grateful to my school for giving me\nthis precious opportunity. After receiving the prize, everyone at school sent\ncongratulatory messages. I felt so good and proud. Like I’ve become a star. If\nthe precious people around me were the universe, I want to thanks the universe\nfor letting a star named Kim Taeeon to shine. It was the most brilliant moment\nof my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On September 7, the finals of the National\nCocktail Competition 2020 was held at Devan Nair Institute. The categories are\ncocktails, mocktails, and flare. I was honored to be able to represent MDIS as\none of the finalist in the Student Mocktail Caterogry. Due to the COVID-19 and\nstrict safety measures, the competition was simplified and done behind closed\ndoors as compared to other years. The preliminaries were held online with video\nsubmissions of each contestant\u2019s signature drink, and the finals were also\nclosed to outsiders and only the contestants were allowed to enter the\ncompetition area to prevent the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason I participated in this competition was because Mr Clarence Lua, Practical Trainer from School of Tourism and Hospitality<\/a> visited our class and suggested that I should participate in the competition. At first, I lacked the confidence if I would be able to do well, but after some persuasion and encouragement by Mr Lua, I decided to participate in the competition because it would be a good opportunity for me while I am still in MDIS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three days before the preliminary video\nshoot, the five participating students started practicing and brainstorming on\nthe recipe for our individual signature mocktail with the garnish and plating\ndecoration. Three days felt too short for us to prepare all this. Also, it was\nmy first time experiencing this kind of experience, so I was at a loss but my lecturer\nhelped me with everything from menu development to decoration garnish. He did\nnot force his thoughts unconditionally and gave us an objective evaluation\nwhile always respecting our opinions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We filmed our individual video submission\nfor two days. After each round of filming, we would all gather to evaluate our\nperformance and see what improvements we can do for the next take. I thought it\nwas a relief that everyone evaluated and judged me with objective eyes, not\njust me. With the help and support of the equipment and video shooting for the\nvideo at school, we did the video shooting in a comfortable and good quality. I\nwas very nervous because it was my first time filming in front of the camera.\nSo I made a lot of mistakes, but everyone encouraged me and cheered me on, so I\nregained my confidence. I had to also explain my mocktail while filming the\nvideo, but I made a lot of mistakes in my lines because of my lack of English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few days later, when I heard that I\npassed the preliminaries and was a finalist, I couldn’t believe it, so I read\nthe text again and again. I was filled with so much joy that I felt I could fly\ninto the sky. I was determined to win the prize for the finals. My sponsored\nbrand was decided by drawing lots during the finals\u2019 briefing, and I will have\nto create another recipe using the sponsored product within 24 hours. At that\ntime, I realized that the preliminaries and finals are very different. The\nsponsored brand that I was given were Sunquick and Coca Cola. First of all, I\nhad never heard of the Sunquick brand before, so it was a new experience for\nme. After many trial and error with the concoction and with the help of my\nlecturer, my signature drink, \u201cSunset Bay\u201d was born. I watched many YouTube\nvideos to give me inspiration and I decided to create a pretty butterfly-shaped\ngarnish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I practiced a lot for the demonstration of\nthe finals. I came to school on the weekends to prepare for the competition. We\npracticed from morning to night in school and when I went back home, I would\ncontinue practice by role-playing alone because I was worried that I would make\na mistake. I would use the shower supplies on my desk, my shampoo became the\nlemon syrup, and my conditioner became the grenadine syrup. This practice of\nrole-playing alone at home really helped me a lot. When I arrived at the venue\nfor the finals, I was depressed because there were so many competitors who were\nreally good at it. I was mentally prepared to receive a certificate of\nparticipation but I won second place! I couldn’t believe it and felt so good\nand I can’t explain how I felt at this time. I was proud of myself because I\nfelt that my hard work resulted in a good result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through this experience, I realized so many\nthings. I am so blessed to have so many good people around me. If it wasn’t for\nthis competition, I wouldn’t have gotten to know them and made such a close\nbond with them during the preparation of the competition. Above all, I would\nlike to thank our lecturer, Mr Clarence Lua who always contacted me after the\npractice. He always encouraged me, comforted me by letting me know that it was\nokay to make a mistake and praised me for doing better than anyone else if I\ndid well. I was able to do well because the people around me were good people.\nAlso, I am very grateful to my school for giving me this precious opportunity.\nAfter receiving the prize, everyone at school sent congratulatory messages. I\nfelt so good and proud. Like I’ve become a star. If the precious people around\nme were the universe, I want to thanks the universe for letting a star named\nKim Taeeon to shine. It was the most brilliant moment of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.facebook.com.<\/a> (n.d.). eNational Cocktail Competion 2020 – Winners<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available at: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialABSS\/posts\/4426030420792225<\/a> [Accessed 18 Sep. 2020].\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200cwww.singaporebartenders.com.<\/a> (n.d.).\u00a0Association of Bartenders & Sommeliers Singapore<\/em>. [online] Available at: http:\/\/www.singaporebartenders.com\/?fbclid=IwAR0WvVL7eV-TG3jspy-NjMf2oY33HiveNU-3hKklgUbrJ7oCXQebpbxtr_8<\/a> [Accessed 18 Sep. 2020] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is contributed by Kim Taeeon from the School of Tourism and Hospitality. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am so blessed to have so many good people around me. If it wasn’t for this competition, I wouldn’t have gotten to know them and made such a close bond with them during the preparation of the competition. Above all, I would like to thank our lecturer, Mr Clarence Lua who always contacted me after the practice. He always encouraged me, comforted me by letting me know that it was okay to make a mistake and praised me for doing better than anyone else if I did well. I was able to do well because the people around me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":283,"featured_media":2673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2674,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2669\/revisions\/2674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}